Table 1. Baseline characteristic and prevalence of malaria and anaemia.
| Variables | % |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 10.0 (2.73) |
| Male/Female | 51.7/48.3 (1637/1532) |
| Bed net use | 72.5 (2363/3261) |
| Mean weight in Kg (SD) | 27.7 (8.2) |
| Mean height in cm (SD) | 135.4 (13.0) |
| Weight for age z score-wfaz‡ (SD) N = 1,834 | −0.79 (1.3) |
| Height for age z score-hfaz (SD) N = 3,034 | −0.38 (1.5) |
| Mean BMI for age z score –bfaz (SD) N = 2,986 | −1.4 (1.3) |
| History of fever in the past 48 h | 17.1 (560/3274) |
| Fever (BT≥37.5°C) | 3.3 (108/3269) |
| Mean Haemoglobin (SD) | 12.4 (1.33) |
| Anaemia (Hb<11 g/dl) | 10.5 (342/3261) |
| MSP119 seroprevalence | 7.8 (234/2994) |
| MSP2 seroprevalence | 11.6 (346/2977) |
| AMA1 seroprevalence | 19.9 (593/2973) |
| Plasmodium prevalence by PCR | 13.6 (426/3124) |
| falciparum prevalence by PCR | 8.9 (278/3124) |
| GM* Asexual parasite density per µl (SD) | 18.25(7.28)** |
| GM* gametocyte density per µl(SD) | 3.49(1.57)*** |
‡
wfaz reference values available only from 5–10 years and comparison was done for this age group. hfaz and bfaz estimated for 5–19 years.
*
GM = Geometric mean.
**
n = 340.
***
n = 20.